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Mrs. Epstein Gets Week to Go Before Jury in Liquor Inquiry

A warrant was issued in Su­preme Court yesterday for the arrest of Mrs. Roslyn Epstein, wife of Martin C. Epstein, the former chairman of the State Liquor Authority, who has been indicted for bribery and state income tax evasion.

Justice Mitchell D. Schweit­zer stayed execution of the warrant, however, until Tues­day when Mrs. Epstein's lawyer, Frederick Abrams, told the court his client would appear on that day.

Mr. Abrams said that on that date his client would go before a grand jury and testify as she wished to purge herself of con­tempt and avoid serving a 30‐day jail term that had been imposed by Justice Schweitzer.

Mrs. Epstein was to have ap­peared before Justice Schweit­zer yesterday to begin serving the 30‐day term, which she had been sentenced to after she re­peatedly declined to answer questions put to her by the grand jurors.

Assistant District Attorney David A. Goldstein asked for the arrest warrant and said that on more than one occa­sion the witness had flouted the law.

“First,” Mr. Goldstein told the court, “she refused to answer proper questions put to her in the grand jury room and sec­ond, she has failed to appear in court today.”

Justice Schweitzer directed that Mrs. Epstein's first ap­pearance in the Criminal Courts Building on Tuesday was to be in his courtroom at noon. He said that at that time he ex­pected her to make an “affirm­ative declaration” of her inten­tions. He then directed that she was to appear before the grand jury at 2:30 P. M. next Tuesday.

Mr. Abrams said it had been impossible for him to produce Mrs. Epstein in court yesterday oecause it was only at 3 P.M. on Monday that the Appellate Division had denied her appli­cation for a stay of the 30‐day sentence.

The lawyer said his client was “now willing to answer questions” before the panel. She had been found in contempt on Jan. 13 when she declined to answer despite a ruling by Justice Schweitzer that she would be adjudged in contempt if she failed to do so.

Chief Assistant District At­torney Alfred J. Scotti, who has directed the investigation into the scandal‐torn affairs of the State Liquor Authority has re­fused on a number of occasions to say what questions the grand jury would like to have an­swered.

It was reported, however, that the panel was seeking to deter­mine the sources of a number of bank accounts and things Mrs. Epstein had learned in conversations with a number of persons. It was said that the grand jury was not seeking information that she might have about her husband's activ­ities.